RHEL 7 Books for RHCE & RHCSA

You must all be knowing that Red hat has started taking RHCSA and RHCE exam now on Red hat Enterprise Linux 7 though they are still providing Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) and Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®) Exam on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via onsite and Individual Exam Sessions.

Currently there are not many RHEL 7 books for RHCSA and RHCE. And if you are taking training from Red hat certified partner you may get latest books viz. SA1 (RH124), SA2 (RH134) and SA3 (RH254) which will cover complete syllabus of RHCSA and RHCE exam on Red hat Enterprise Linux 7.

I tried to find some useful books on RHEL 7 and which you may find useful for your exam preparation. Time to time I will keep this post updated from latest books which will help in clearing RHCSA & RHCE exam on RHEL 7.

Practice/Sample Papers for RHCE & RHCSA Exam (RHEL 7)

I have got many requests from students and RHCSA & RHCE aspirants for practice papers of these certification exams. At their request, I have made sample/practice papers for RHCSA (EX200) and RHCE (EX300).

This book contains a good set of questions for your practice and if you are stuck at any question, you can check answer sheet given at the last of this book. Do check this book and let me know what you think about it. If you purchase this book, don’t forget to leave your review. I am sure you will like this book and it will help you to clear RHCSA and RHCE exam in first attempt.

This book will be continually updated with new questions and sample papers time to time. If you find any error in the book, do let me know.

RHEL 7 Books for RHCE & RHCSA

This book is from Mark G. Sobell and I choose this book because it gives you in-depth knowledge of Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With this book you can master your Linux administration skills and security using the command line, GUI tools, Python, systemd, and firewalld.

This books also contains configuration and setup of database services like MariaDB and MySQL. Installation and configuration of MariaDB is also on RHCE syllabus, so it will help you a lot on preparation of your Red hat exam. Apart from this, it cover full exam objective also for the LPI Linux Essentials exam plus extensive coverage of the CompTIA Linux+ exam objectives.

This is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (EX200 and EX300) complete certification guide by Sander van Vugt. Sander has very rich experience in Linux and this is a must have book if you are thinking to give Red Hat RHCE/RHCSA 7 exam and want to clear it.

This book is a must have and below are some of its features which will make your mind.

Step-by-step chapter labs to help you practice what you’ve just learned.

Pre-exam theoretical exam to help you decide if you’re ready for the real exam.

This RHEL 7 certification guide is by Michael Jang, who is very popular author and has good experience in writing certification guides for RHCSA and RHCE aspirants.

This book is fully revised to cover the recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and the corresponding RHCSA and RHCE certification exams. You can refer this book if you are preparing for RHEL 7 certification as this books covers all official exam objectives for the new exams.

This RHCSA and RHCE cert guide is from Asghar Ghori and the author has good experience in Linux and giving tips for the exam. This is the updated version of the previous book from Asghar and cover all the new topics which are objectives of RHEL 7 exam and will help in clearing RHEL 7 exam.

Updated to the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Updated to cover ALL official exam objectives for the RHCSA and RHCE exams based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Step-by-step exercises to accomplish tasks.

Do-It-Yourself challenge labs at the end of each chapter.

Concepts explained with diagrams.

Commands and options summarized in tables.

Overall there are 25 chapters in this book, 13 for RHCSA and 12 for RHCE. This book has 4 scenario based sample exam, 2 for RHCSA and 2 for RHCE. This book is available for purchase.

5. RHEL 7: System Administrator Guide

This is an official system administrator guide from Red Hat for Red hat Enterprise Linux 7 and I will recommend this Free book/guide for you. It contains all the aspects of RHEL 7 and how you can work with command line, GUI, basic system configuration, managing services, monitoring and automation, Kernel, module and driver configuration etc.

Currently these are only books which I found a good reference for giving RHCSA & RHCE exam on Red hat Enterprise Linux 7. If there will be more such good books I will update this post. Let me know if you are reading some other RHEL 7 books for preparing RHCSA and RHCE exam and do not forget to subscribe to my LINUX newsletter for more tips and information in Linux/UNIX.

64 Comments

Harpreet Singh

Sorry, but I don’t have the idea about good material about RHCVA. I would suggest to go with Red Hat official material.

August 8, 2017

Brad

HI, could you suggest some preparation for rhcsa? I am new to Redhat and would like to get certify. I am windows user for more than 13 years, its hard to start, but I believe its possible. Just need some guide from guru.

If you are windows administrator, would ask you to start with learning basic unix stuff first. Install Linux in your system and start practicing. Red Hat official books and administrator’s guides are good to start. Let me know if you need any specific help.

June 6, 2017

Brad

Hi Pawan,

I have setup my Centos 7 and Redhat 7 in VM environment. I am preparing the test now.

Hope you have already reviewed our book on Amazon and good luck for your RHCE exam.

March 18, 2017

Philippe

Hey Pawan,

I have a new question. Please could you tell me why yum install system-config-kickstart comes back with the error Nothing To Do ?
I’m using Centos7.
I also tried running the command system-config-kickstart directly supposing it was already installed but it gave me nothing.

As per your comment looks, it is already installed. Even if it is not installed it should give error that there is no such command.

December 14, 2016

Philippe

Good morning Pawan,

My name is Philippe and I have a problem I thought you could help me with. When I try to create a new virtual machine in Virtual Machine Manager I get the following error:
“Warning: KVM is not available. This may mean the KVM package is not installed, or the KVM kernel modules are not loaded. Your virtual machines may perform poorly.”

when I run: # lsmod | grep kvm
all I get is: kvm 525259 0

I have a AMD A10-4600M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics processor.
I downloaded all the necessary virtualization packages, I started libvirtd and enabled it as well.
I do not know what I’m not doing or what I’m doing wrong, my cpu supports virtualization and I made sure it is enabled in the BIOS but I do not know what kind of cpu RHEL7 requires for kvm or what I need to do to get this cpu to work with KVM.

I also ran the egrep ‘(vmx|svm)’ /proc/cpuinfo and received no output.

Also, without KVM you can complete your RHCSA and RHCE syllabus as you don’t have to install OS in exam. Let me know if you need any other help or have any questions.

December 8, 2016

Philippe

Well that’s good news and thanks for your prompt response. Just to be sure, would you please give me the list of all the KVM packages needed ?
The reason why I’m still trying to get KVM is because I’m studying Michael Jang’s book and the systems he’s asking to set up are through KVM.
So without them, I won’t even be able to go through the book.

Abhishek

Sadanand

Hello Pawan,

I am having more than 10+ years experiance in windows and now i want to learn Linux administration.
So how to proceed for that as a new learner?
i prefer to start as my own, so which books and video i need to refer for that ?

Just start with basics and install virtual machine on your PC/laptop and start practicing. There are lots of free resource available online if you just want to learn.

February 28, 2016

Sonia

Hi,
Can anyone help me with the books for RHCE Books 2, 3 or 4? A download link would be appreciated. Also, does anyone know where i can practice using virtual server? any place when i can practice? I am sorry i am new to this and trying to learn linux

We do not provide any download link. You will have to buy them. For your practice you can install any virtual machine software in your desktop/Laptop and install Linux or CentOS in it.

October 15, 2015

Rahul Aher

I am interested in RED HAT Certifications.
What do you think about the online training’s provided by them as its not possible for me to visit any center.
And tell me one book that i should take to start preparing at least learning point of view.

Also do you have any pdf or any material that you can share so that will be helpful for me.
Thanks in advance.

I have not gone through their online training so can’t comment. But I am sure Red Hat must be having very good training but it may be costly.

Currently I am having Asghar Ghori book and it covers all the topics. I have also checked some part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (EX200 and EX300) book by Sander van Vugt in Safari store which is still not released, but it is also very good.

August 22, 2015

shankar

Abhishek Kumar

Hi Pawan,

All the info is really very helpful. Actually I am working professional and so not getting much time for study much. If I will ask you to suggest me to study only one book among them, then which one you will suggest. which book will excellent to pass RHCSA/RHCE also with easy understanding.

Ramesh

Hello pawan,

Good morning brother,

I had completed my degree course (B.E. CSE) in 2011, but I had cleared my 2 backlogs on 2013 (ie) Passed Out.

And in 2012, I done my CCNA certification , till now I had no job. Now Iam interested to took up my career in Linux Adminstrator. but I don’t how to plan and prepare for this exam and how long it will take up for preparation.

And I had lot of resources like CBT NUGGETS and YouTube video tutorials , lot of ebooks etc.

It totally depends upon you. If you are able to give good amount of time, then you can prepare early. You can use any resource for learning, the main thing is your concept. You can also join institute if you are not able to study at home.

June 13, 2015

Nisha

Hello,
I could not clear my rhce on rhel7 in 1st attempt. Can you please give give m some tips that I can apply in my next attempt.

Mister X

Thanks sir ji 🙂 …. I didn’t saw that.

May 23, 2015

Greg

Hi Pawan,

I contacted Red Hat and they are no longer testing for enterprise 6. They informed me that they are only testing for enterprise 7 kiosk or instructor based testing. Can you check your sources to see if this is correct? I took admin1 and admin2 for rhsca but didnt take my exam for enterprise 6. A few years latter and Im a the point where I need to take the exam after person reasons have delayed my testing. Also is there any 1 or 2 books that you can recommend that are currently avaiable now? Im thinking of purchasing 4. RHCSA & RHCE Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Training and Exam Preparation Guide (EX200 and EX300), Third Edition. And or . Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7th Edition): Any book better then the other for passing the rhcsa ex200 exam for enterprise 7?

LinuxUser

Hi Pawan ,

Thanks a lot..I am preparing for RHCSA on RHEL 6 for past two months .Do you have any idea as to what is the deadline upto which we can take exams on RHEL 6 as RHEL 7 has released . Shall I Jump to RHEL 7?? What do you suggest ?

LinuxUser

Thanks Pawan. I have passed in RHCSA (RHEL 7) but problem is that I don’t know where I lost the points. Would I have been penalized for creating a back up of configuration files or a test directory which i created for testing out stuff in the exam ?

Philippe

Hey there,
congratulations ! I’m next in line.
I just had a quick question: If you could give me an estimate in percentage, how many percent of the stuffs that are in Pawan’s book in the exam ?
Not doubting his book, I just would like to know if I need more study materials or I could just focus on his.
Thank you!